Soil Testing

Soil Testing

COMPREHENSIVE and ACCURATE soil analysis is vital for understanding your soil. A detailed analysis will form the basis for specific soil fertility and amelioration programs

Comprehensive and accurate soil analysis is vital for understanding your soil. A detailed analysis will form the basis for specific soil fertility and identify the ameliorant required to correct physical or chemical soil imbalances. The soil is the medium which drives agricultural production, understanding it is imperative to maximising potential. Apal provide services to all agricultural and horticultural industries.

Why Soil test?

Predictive What is the nutritional status of my soil? What soil chemical properties are limiting my production?

Monitor soil fertility; ensure we are not mining soil, building soil health and fertility

Fine tune nutritional inputs

Ensure fertiliser applications are not having environmental effects

Apply precision agricultural technology

Fertile soils will improve:

Yields

Quality of produce – appearance, weight, taste, shelf life

Food nutrient value

Resistance to pests and diseases

Livestock performance

Water use efficiency

Fertiliser use efficiency

Profit

Apal Soil testing

Apal offers a wide variety of soil analysis groups to cover the needs of all regions and crops in Australia. If you have a specific project for which our test analysis groups don't suit your needs, we can also provide you with a custom quote. Apal provide the innovative option of choosing how your data output is presented. A technical template for those with a high level of interpretation knowledge and a premium option converted into easily understood units (ppm and/or mg/kg) and graphical displays for interpretation of soil cations and balance.

Data only

Soil test results are presented as data only. Data is available to Apal agents only.

Choose your soil testing group and add extra tests as required. The basic groups are displayed in the table below. Many extra analysis are available. Please see our product services/price list for more details. Other testing groups include Deep soil, DGT Phosphorus. Additionally BSES options are available. Customised tests are also available if our range of test groups do not meet your needs.